WEBVTT ROOM.REPORTER: JUST HOW SECURE ISMARALAGO?ONE MAN KNOWS THE BUILDINGINSIDE AND OUT HE TELLS ME THELEVEL OF PRIVACY AND PROTECTIONHERE IS UNPARALLELED.>> SEEING ONE OF MY CLIENTSBECOMING THE PRESIDENT OF THEUNITED STATES IS REALLY MINDBLOWING.REPORTER: RICK GONZALES SAYS THEFOUNDATION OF A DECADES LONGRELATIONSHIP WITH PRESIDENTDONALD TRUMP WAS BUILT ONMARALAGO.TRUMP HIRED THE SOUTH FLORIDABASED ARCHITECT TO TURN HISSPRAWLING ESTATE INTO A CLUBBACK IN 1995 >> WE ADDED A PERIMETER WALL WEWERE SECURITY FEATURES 2, ANDNOW BECAUSE THE HOUSE SITS WITTHE SPACE IN BETWEEN IT'S VERYSAFE.REPORTER: GONZALES SAYS HE ISSTILL WORKING ON THE 18 ACREPROPERTY, BUT NOW HE'SCOLLABORATING WITH THE UNITEDSTATES GOVERNMENT AND SECRETSERVICE TO ACCOMMODATE TRUMPSCHANGING NEEDS AS COMMANDER INCHIEF.DO YOU THINK IT'S FIT TO BEPROTECTIVE OF THE PRESIDENT?>> I THINK THAT'S A GREATQUESTION I THINK ONE OF THE BESTTHINGS ABOUT MARALAGO IS THESIZE OF THE PROPERTY.REPORTER: BUT WHEN THE PRESIDENTAND THE JAPANESE PRIME MINISTERREACTED TO A NORTH KOREANMISSILE LAUNCH THIS WEEKEND PHOTOS SURFACED OF THE TWOREVIEWING DOCUMENTS AT THEDINNER TABLE.SECURITY EXPERT STUART KAPLANSAYS IT SHOWS PATRONS ARE TOOCLOSE TO DIPLOMACY.>> I DON'T BELIEVE MARALAGO ISDESIGNED TO REALLY BE ABLE TOHANDLE THESE TYPES OF TRIPS.REPORTER: GONZALES TELLS METHERE ARE PARTS OF THIS ESTATEAND ITS DESIGN HE IS NOT ATLIBERTY TO DISCUSS.I HEARD THERE ARE TUNNELSUNDERNEATH IS THIS TRUE THEREARE TUNNELS?THEY GO TO THE OCEAN THERE AREALL SORTS OF HIDDEN THING RIGHTHAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT?>> THAT'S CORRECT.REPORTER: BUT HE INSISTS INSIDETHESE WALLS THE PRESIDENT ANDOUR NATIONAL SECURITY AREPROTECTED.THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ISLOOKING INTO THE SECURITYPROCEDURES AT MARALAGO

Just how secure is Mar-a-Lago? According to architect Rick Gonzalez, the level of privacy and protection is unparalleled.

Gonzalez should know, President Donald Trump hired the South Florida based architect to turn his sprawling estate into a club back in 1995.

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"Seeing one of my clients becoming the president of the United States is really mind blowing," gushed Gonzalez Wednesday.

Gonzalez said Mar-a-Lago laid the foundation for a decades-long working relationship with Trump.

"We added a perimeter wall we were security features and now because the house sits with the space in between it's very safe," said Gonzalez, describing some of the changes he made back in the 90s. Gonzalez is still working on the property but now he's taking directives straight from the White House.

Gonzalez and his firm REG Architects are handling the design of the helipad where Marine One will land. The plan will put the helipad on the west side of the property, 200 feet away from adjacent properties, where it will be buffered by trees. The designs passed the Palm Beach town council Tuesday. Gonzalez said if Landmark commission signs off Thursday, construction on the helipad could being as soon as March.

But Gonzalez said the lasting virtue of Mar-a-Lago is sheer size. It occupies an 18-acre parcel of prime Palm Beach real estate on the south end of the island.

"This past weekend he met with the head of state of Japan and there was a wedding going on in the ballroom next door that we designed," said Gonzalez. "So the thought is that there can be multiple events going on and the club can still function as a club when the president is there."

When the president and the Japanese prime minister reacted to a North Korean missile launch in Palm Beach this weekend photos surfaced of the two reviewing documents at the dinner table security expert Stuart Kaplan said it shows patrons are too close to diplomacy at Mar-a-Lago.

"I don't believe Mar-a-Lago is designed to really be able to handle these type of trips," said security Expert Kaplan Tuesday. Kaplan, a former FBI agent and Palm Beach Gardens based attorney insists Mar-a-Lago will continue to pose problems, "Because Mar-a-Lago is a quasi public venue if someone for nefarious reasons wants to join the club to get some sort of access to the president it's a potential issue."

Gonzalez admitted the estate is equipped with hidden tunnels and extra-secure rooms but declined to go into further detail.

Tuesday the house oversight committee asked the president to explain security procedures at Mar-a-Lago.

The committee gave Trump a February 28th deadline to respond to the inquiry.